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SEIZE BRITISH SHIP Liltie Coin* Cn At Prerer.i in liie Par V ? i astern Slrnsfle ! TUP: JAPAMSt SLOCkAiteRS ALfcRT I " i Thr bishan, V?ich a Cargo of Cattle j I ano Flour Frorr; Shanghai to Port ] Arthur, Captured Off ew Chwang i ?Continuance of the Gale in the ! I Sea Compels Inactivity on the Part # of the Japanese Fleet?Only Skirmisehes About Mukden. . A * Continuance of rlie gale which developed on the China : '< a aud adjacent waters on October 1 precludes active operations by the Japanese fleet blockading Port Arthur. The British steamer Sishan, with a ?.argo of cattle and flour from Shanghai for Port Arthur, has been seized by the Japanese off New Chwang. A tlraclnneni of the Finland Guards has been ordered to leave St. Petersburg for the far Fast. Recent Outpost Fighting. Tokio. By Cable. The imperial head quarters issued a import of the recent J Rns.-ian military movements and skirmishes with the Japanese south of Mukden, as foilov.-s: On October 4. a few of the enemy's cavalry approached v the \ icinity of Alyai.gpienmeii. but our ' force drove them off. "The enemy, with a battalion of infantry, eleven squadrons of cavalry and five guns, advanced toward Shaliuhatzu on October 4, and retreated toward Huangshan, Octobei j. In this direc- j tion there were ais<? two or three of our squadrons of cavalry, whose out- i post fines extended between Niaokou- j shan and Wanckit-afteu. The Russian ; infantry heading the iniiiimi wore Chi- | nese costumes. i "On October 4. a smai 1 body of the ( enen?y attacked our pickets at Pintaizu 1 and on Mukden road and were repuls- j ed. The enemy left his dead and rifles behind. All the enemy wore Chinese clothing. "Fonr squadrons of Russian cavalry came to Sunshutsuitzu. on the Fushun road, October 3. and remained there until the morning of October 5. The enemy's cavalry patrols have been seen south of Wulichics and Lungwangia, but they retreated north to Lntoakou. leaving infantry patrols. "A detachment of the enemy's cavalry. with three guus. advanced toward Shiotai and. taking up a position at on nur t ivmnc nrirfh nf * C*U* I , HI VU vu VIUI k * W|/1- MV* VM w? VentEi. "The enemy posted at Ctoantan. on the right bank of the Hun river, has retired, leaving a small force there. "There are. no troops of the enemy in the.neighborhood of Taotaizu. A mall force of the enemy recently attacked our outpost on the left bank of the Hon river, but was driven back." British Vessel Seized. Shanghai. By Cable.?The British eteamer Sishau. from Hong Kong, has been seized by the Japanese off New Chwang. The Sishan carried a cargo of cattle and flour, intended for Port Arthur. The Sishan is a steel-screw steamer of 1.315 tons, and is owned by Thomas W. Richardson, of London. New Orleans to Manchester. * London, By Cable.?Manchester's fight lor a diversion of a portion of Liverpool's cotton trade from America has resulted, according to statements published, in an arrangement with the I.eyland Line and the Manchester liners (limited) of Manchester, whereby the two companies will combine for the purpose of carrying cotton cargoes Hrect from New Orleans to Manchester. The Leyland Line steamer Cuban, sailing from New Orleans about the middle of October, will, it is added, inaugurate the new depart- i ure and thereafter the two companies I will make alternate fortnightly sailtags. Four Dead in Hotel Fire. St. Joseph. Mo.. Special. ?Four persons perished in ;? fin which destroyed the Tracy Hotel, in .South St. Joseph. "The dead: Lafayette Frew, livestock buyer; C. F. Morton, employe of stock yards company; Mrs. \nna Weston, ot dentry county. Mo.; unknown man. Bilbert Weston, i:: >tar-, old. son of The dead woman, i; fatally burned. Win. "SimruQus was also badly hurt hy jumping from a third-story wind' n. Unrest Among Chinese. Shanghai. By Cable.?Nuuieroas reports received from the interior telling of the activity of secret societies at points widely apart are causing serioiio >it5easiness. It is known ihat the officials everywhere arc displayiug great anxiety and are procuring the moss: modern arms and munitions of war fcr the purpose of equipping the soldiery. There is no certainty'as to whether the anxiety of the officials is directed against anticipated risings or as to whether it is a precautionary movement in view of possible danger from a successful Japnn. * Best Winter Quarters. Washington, Special.?Rear Admiral WSee, commander-in-chief of the Atlantic training squadron, has rec. ' commended that the squadron spend the greater part of the winter In Pensaocla harbor and that vicinity. He ( says that the facilities for boating and other exercises there are good. Oflidais are disposed to favor the recom raendation. and if this plan is followed the training squadron would not go to Culcbra to participate in the mauceu vies this winter. STATE LAW AND ORDER LEAGUE ! i ? | -irst Annual Meeting to be Held in | Columbia. The fcllmvine: statement and cail j was issued by ?!i. Howell Morroll, i secretary of tS? Stale Temperance. J Law and Order i .en Kite. by order of j ; ihe President. Cant. j. \V. Hamel. of ! Kershaw: j "The first annual meeting of the j State Temperance. Law and Order I League will be held in the hall of the i Voting .Men's Christian Association in | he city of Columbia. Thursday. Oct. I 27lh. at 8 p. m. j "It is desired that at this meeting Ihere will bo representatives of all j leagues. temperance organizations, I ?hurcfc<?. communities, and individ| .tals. who sympathize with the efforts j new being made to restore, establish j and maintain law and order in this. | State. And an invitation is hereby extended them to meet with us on j Ihis occasion. The purpose of this I gathering will be to complete such I an organization as may be efficient in stemming the flood tide of lawless' ness which is sweeping over our beloved State." j The officers who have i&sued this, call request the county paper;.' j throughout the State to extend the in-" j citation as widely as possible. The! | State League was organized during! tii6 State fait last year. It has been aT. work quietly and no doubt has ac-i complished a great deal, but no, report can be obtained from the officers. Will Take Testimony. Testimony will be taken again in j 'he matter of the Ivexinglon township ! bonds next Fr'day. This is quite an J interesting case. i Some years ago the townships of j Fork. Saluda and Broad River inj , Lexington voted an issue of about 540.000 in bonds to aid in the construction of the Colombia. Newberry and Laurens railroad, lnrerest was paid on the*e l>onds until recently. . when the townships wished to be released. claiming that the bonds were illegal. Titis issue has been brought up befoie, but the bonds have always Ki-n thought valid. There are some j new grounds this time, however, one; of them being that the bonds were paid by the railroad compauy to a contracting company, and that as the contracting firm was composed of i practically the same men that the j railroad was owned by. tliene was a j profit derived by them from the is- j suance of the bonds. * i The testimony is being taken by I Mr. John J. Earle. of this cityv who has been appointed special referee by the Supreme Court. This body decides the issue in the case. Testi? c. tr TIlA P ( muny was IUHCH > uw,-. ion is being brought for Mrs. S. L. DesPortes. Edwin \V. Robertson. J. Caldwell Robertson, Edward Rhrllcli. Edward S. Joynes and E. K. Palmer, holders of certain of the bonds. Ben Bennett Gets Five Years. Hampton, Special.?In the court of general sessions a nifitioe. for a new trial was made by counsel for Ben Bennctl on the ground thai the evidence did not. warrant the jury in finding a verdict for manslaughter and that it should have been guiltv of murder or not guilty. Judge Klugii over-ruled the motion. Bennett's counsel gave notice of appeal to the ( Supreme Court and bail was fixed at $1,000, with the discharge of the prisoner subject to the directions of the Governor in regard to the- charge of violating the conditions of pardon. Bennett was sen tenet d to five year's labor on thu chain gang or five years . in the pcatitentiary. it is probable that the appeal will bo abandoned. Fire at Opera House. Sumter. Special.?Fire was discovered in the opera house at 8 o'clock Friday night It originated in the old unused ticket office at the head of the steps from the alley way. It was full of paper and trash. It is believed to have been incendiary. Firemen responded quickly and put the blaze out in five minutes. The First National Bank unnerncaui was uau>?f>? ?. xtent or $3U(> ??y water. Ducker & Bultman. by water. $l".o. Tho loss ' to the vjepra house is $1,000. If the fire had been later many lives would probably have been lost. The show was to begin at S.30 o'clock. ; J There are no fire escapes. " . ( Only 25.00C Georgians Voted. , Atlanta. Special.?The Constitution ' estimates the total vote in the State J election 01 Wednesday at about 000. There was a lignt vote through- , out the State, except in those counties where the:* was opposition tr- j J the Democratic- candidates for rfcp j Legislature aud for county ofices. Child Severely Burned. Aiken, Special.?On Wednesday at- ( ternoon little Joe. the three-year-old ' son of Mr. and Mrs. Mauley Cortex, of 1 Graniteville. was so severely burned as the result, of playing with matches ' that he died that night at 10 o'clock. J The little fellow aud his older brother were playing in the yard, exploding match heads with a pop gun. It Is not known exactly how the accident occurred, but ln? grandmother heard him screaming and when "she ran to ban the little fellow's clothes were in a mass of flanios. It is though: that he also swallowed some of the fire. He was buried Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Graniteville cemetery. Engine Fell 15 Feet. Saluda. N. C.. Special.?Passenger train Xo. 14. from Asheville to Spartanburg. ran over the end of the first ' safety track on Saluda Mountain at 9 o'clock Sunday morning, the engine and tender falling over, a distance of about 15 feet. They engineer and fireman escaped injury by jumping. Xo passengers were hurt beyond slight bruises 1 sustained by a few. The damage to the engine will amount to about S50h. * MR. PAYNE IS DEAD Another Prominent Character Passes From the St?ge of Action COR1ELYOU WILL SUCCEED HIM The Postmaster General Succumbs to Heart Trouble After an Illness of Seven D.-.yc. Washington. Special.? Henry C. Pavnr Postmaster General of the United Stales, a member of the national Republican committee, a stalwart of his party, with the history of which both in his home, State and nationally he has been identified for many years, died at his apartments at the Arlington Hotel at 6:10 o'clock I Friday nighi, aged 60 years. The j death was announced in an official i bulletin issued by the attending phys- ! icians, which gave the cause of death as disease of the mitral valve and di- j lation cf the heart. Mr. Payne had been in poor health i for at least two years, but his last ill- ; rcss covered only seven days, an attack of heart trouble last week precipitating the end at a time when after a rest he seemed to have recovered a small measure of his vitality impaired by years of arduous labor. I Death this aftern oon came after nearly six hours of unconsciousness. The last official caller to Inquire as to Mr. Payne's condition was President Roosevelt, and ho had been gone only about ten minutes when the stricken member or nis cabinet expirea. occ- i rotary Hay had called at the Payne j apartments a few minutes before the i President made his visit. Neither en- ! tered the sick room. As Mr. Roose- j velt was leaving, about six o'clock, he j spoke feelingly of Mr Payne to the j newspaper men gathered in front of ; the hotel as "the sweetest, most lov- ! ablo and most trustful man I ever I knew." Mrs Roosevelt, accompanied by Capt. Cowles, was a caller at the family apartments of the Paynes during the late afternoon. The last day had been one during which practically all hope had been abandoned for some hours. The approach of dissolution began during the noon hour, when the sick man lost consciousness and no longer recognized those whom ho had attempted to cheer during his illness by saying to them that he was all right. Whcs Mrs. Payne saw that the end was near, 3no sumomned the Rev. Dr. Dunlap, of St. John's Episcopal Church, and at iier request he read at the bedside of the dying man Psalm 150, *"Oul of tho Depths," and then repeated the prayers the Episcopal church provides shall be read at tho bed of those about to pass away. Funeral services will be heljl at St John's Episcqpal Church, in this city, Friday morning, and at 3:15 that afternoon the body will be taken to the Pennsylvania Railroad station and placed aboard the private car of President A. J Earling. of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, who tendered ti e use of the car by telegraph and announced that it would bo here. The remains should Mila-nnbon Sntlirdnv Oven lng and servives will be held next Sunday at the All Saints' Episcopal Church there. A message has been sent to the Kt. Rev. Isaac L. Nicholson, the bishop of Milwaukee, who is now at a convention in Boston, asking him if he can officiate. Interment will be at the Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee. Mrs. Payne has expressed a desire that the sen-ices b-? as simple as possible. Further plans for the funeral will be decided on later. Cortelyou to Succeed Him. Washington, Special.?In succession lo Mr. Payne, George Bruce Cortelyou, forosr secretary of the Department of Commerce and Labor and now chairman of the Republican national committee. will become Postmater General. Mr. Cortelyou's appointment as head of the Postoffice Department was determined on several months ago by President Roosevelt, when Mr. Payne Indicated to the President his desire to retire from the Department on account of the precaurious state of his health. It [3 the understanding now that Mr. Cortelyou will assume the duties as Postmaster General as soon as he conveniently can al'tn- the close of the pending campaign, probably, December In the interim the responsibilities of directing the affairs of the Postoffice Department will develop on First Assistant Postmaster General Wynne. Only Outpost Fights. Mukden. Uy Cable.?-There has been % few small outpost fights, bur otherwise the situation is unchanged. Tho Japanese cavalry forces are strong in that direction, ?tbcir horses are in splendid condition and the roads arc good. The Japanese are also activo eastward and have been re-inforced. Bystander Shot. San Antonio, Texas. Special.?lu a street duel here between J. M. Chittim, known as the Texas Cattle King and W. W. Jones, a cattleman and bankci of Beeville. H. S. Klwell. a traveling man. of Milwaukee. Wis., chanced in range and-was accidentally killed. Th# bullet, it is said, was fired from Chittiin's gun was placed io jaik Not Boll Weevil. Covington, Ga., Special.?The bugs Fhlch made their appearance in the cotton fields of Newton county arc not the Mexican boll weevil, says State Entomogolist William Newell. Some specimens of them were submitted to him. He states that they belong to the same genus as the boll weevil, but g^e distinct from the boll weevil in ^"timber of characteristics. There is no record he says, of their being injurious to cotton. IN PALMETTO STATE i ! Occurrencej of Interest in Various Partf. of the State. The Case of Ben Bennett J Hampton, Special.? On Monday j morning a trut bill for murder was | found by the grand jury against Ben j Bennett. Arriving on the afternoon J train from Columbia he was brought into courl and arraigned. The case went to trial with Solicitor Davis for the State and Senator E F. War I ren anil W. J. Thomas. Esq., appearing for the defendant. The jury retired at 7 p. m. and at 9 p. m. Judge Klugh and the court officers and attorneys were sent for. A verdict of | guilty of manslaughter with recommendation to the mercy of the court I was received. ! The case was called up under a i motion made by his attorneys to have the case continued to the next term of court. Bennett having been only arrainged and the usual three days allowed him for preparation. His attorneys made eat nest appeals to the court for a continuance, but were opposed in a very strong and dear argument in reply by Solicitor Davis, who rehearsed the circum| stances connected with Bennett's case, the conditions under which he had been pardoned by Governor McSweeny, when he was serving a life sentence in the State penitenitary, and also referred to a telegram which the solicitor had just read from Attorney Colding of Savannah, who had represented Bennett during the ordeal of his extradition from Georgia, to the efTect, "It was impossible to attend court in Hampton because he had to be present at the Supreme Court of Georgia." Attorneys Warren and Thomas urged the court to grant the continuance. because they had only been em ployed this week. Judge Kluge refused the motion. Bennett's ease was heard Thursday. * Conway Railroad. Conway. Special.?The Conway. Coast and Western railroad had a force of men 'at work laying tiack on the extension to Marion, which is another link in Conway's connection with the world. This work is another evidence of the aggressive activity shown by Mr. F. A. Burrows, the projector and backer of the Enterprise. In 1899 Mr. Burroughs began building his railroad to Myrtle Beach, and was the subject of much good-natured raillery as to his hobby. However, he carried it through and his road is making money and does not owe a dollar, a state of things with hardly a parrellel in Sonth Carolina road building. It is understood that the road will bo pushed as fast as is consistent with permanent work. The other end, which goes to Little River, will not he forgotten in the 1 shuffle, but will be carried right through. The Conway, Coast and Western has a road within ten miles of Little River no*-. This point is 28 miles from Conway, just across from North Carolina. Connection with Little River will mean connec- ; tion with Southport, N. C., where there is plenty of water for vessels of deep draught, there being 25 feet of water on tire bar at dead low wa- j ter with five or six rise of tide. 1 South Carolina Items. C. H. Reed, a flagman on the Southern Railway, running between Augusta i and Columbia, was killed by a passen- : ger train at Langley Monday night between 8 and 9 o'clock. He was sitting beside the track asleep when struck by ihe train and instantly killed. It appears that he was the flagman on freight train No. 130 which was on the ; way from Columbia to Augusta and due to arrive there at about 9 o'clock*. His ' brother was conductor of the train. William T. Latham, who has been ' confined in the county jail at Camden ' for several weeks awaiting the fall 1 term of court, to be tried for shooting at a Mr. Redmond on the streets of Camden some months ago, committed suicide Tuesday afternoon at about 5:30 o'clock by drinking two ounces I of lysol, a poisonous disinfectant which ] had been given him to use on his ; wound. When found he was in the last >...! niD-ln nn ctlUmcnf' to nnv I l.lfWS 4UI. Illtluv Iiu nvutv.vv . 0110. 1 I fourteen ooanlers and two servants vere poisoned at Mrs. Mattie J. Wll- ' sen's boarding house. ir?23 Washington ' street. Columbia, Sunday, by eating ice cream made from pineapple In which 100 much acid had been used in the canning process. None will die, but five are still painfully ill. Some half a dozen who arte the cream were not affected. J. Edward Anderson, the depot agent f of. Mayesville. who killed" Hurst, ap- . ",-cared with'his attorney before Judge , Dantzler Tuesday under habeas corpus , proceedings. The motion was resisted c ty the solicitor on the grounds that he J had not been served with copies of the affidavits and the judge postponed the j hearing until last night In Sumter. ( Early Monday morning a negro J named Thompson went to the place of c Mr. W. T. Smarr in Bullock's Creek I township, near Broad river, and killed another negro named Jeter, using a double barreled shotgun, firing both loads into his victim. Jeter was picking cotton in the field at the time. The trouble arose over the wife of Jeter. Unless there is a commutation of his sentence Aaron Williams, the rapist. will be hanged In Camden en November 4th next. PALMETTO CROP CONDITIONS Cotton Pretty Well Gathered in Some Sections?Fall Sowing of Small ! Grain. The week ending 8 a. ra., October 3, had a mean temperature of 79 degrees, which Is 9 above normal, and j was, with one exception, the warm WCCK ui tue beasuii. 1 uv trxLrciura were a minimum of 59 at a number of places on September 27th and on October 2, and a maximum of 99 at Batesburg on the 29th. The heat records for the last three days of September were broken on the 28th, 29th and 30th throughout the State. The rainfall was confined to the Southern counties, and occurred on the 2d. amounting to slightly over an inch in lower Barnwell county and to nearly an inch in parts of Hampton. but generally it was less than ] one-fourth of an Inch, and was insuf- < ficient to relieve the prevailing severe drought; there was no rain in the northern and western counties. The condition of late fall crops, truck, gardens, pastures and very late corn, has been materially lowered by the drought; practically no fall plowing has been done, and cannot be until after a soaking rain. The weather was ideal for harvesting and gathering crops. Very late corn haa been injured by drought, although most of the corn crop ripened too early to be affected, and is now being housed. Cotton opened rapidly over the whole State, and picking was rushed but has not kept up with the opening, in part owing to the scarcity of pickers. About two-thirds of the crop has been picked. There is practically no top crop on the stalks In many fields the bolls are nearly all open, indicating piemature opening of a portion of the crop, due to excessive neat ana to arougnt. many smau dohs are drying up. A continuation of the dry weather and rapid opening will enable the bulk of the crop to be pickdd this month. Rice harvest is all but finished, although it was somewhat retarded by high tides in the Georgetown district. The weather was Ideal for saving forage crops, and haying is nearly finished. Late peas are not fruiting welb Minor crops are generally good, and are being gathered. No oats or other small grains have been sown owing to the drought. Note,?This is the last bulletin for the season of 1904. J. W. BAUER, - . Section Director. At the Executive Office. Gov. Reyward has declined to pardon David Jacobs of Chesterfield county, a white man serving life sentence for murder. Jacobs was on the scaffold with the noose around his neck when Mr. D. H. Tompkins, armed with a reprieve from Gov. Tillman, commuted the sentence to life Imprisonment. The pardon was requested on the ground cf feeble health, but such Is not the s prisoner's condition. W. D. Hilton of a Lancaster, who has served a sentence tor larceny of live stock, was pardoned fo restore his citlzenshlD that he may testify in a trial. Cuffy Nesblt, dying rut the chaingang in Marlboro county. t lvas given a pardon for reasons which wore deemed quite sufficient r S A Ginnery Burned. e Laurens. Special.?Saturday morning fc at 2 o'clock the ginnery, grist mill and _ saw mill of Mr. Will Power, located at s Power, a station on the Greenville road ^ I.", miles above the city, were totally n destroyed by fire, the origin of which fc is unknown. There were fhree build- ^ legs, all comparatively new as was the ' r.nuipmVnt of ceeh. which consisted of two gins. pj. sacs. a suction outfit, two E; prist mills, and a saw mill. The loss, ^ i*. hicii includes four bales of seed cotton. is placed at Jij.t'OO with no insurant e. . o g Caught in a Gin. d Anderson, Special.?Clarence Craw- V ford. ? negro employed at the Excel- ? ?ior Oil mills in this city, sustained .. painful injuries by getting his hand J, taught in one of the gins. He was try- ' ing to clean the saws of lint while the *; e.in was in operation. His hand was _ raught. the rapidly revolving saws drew in his arm and he received pain[ul cuts even on his breast. Crawford will probably lose his hand. Sam Marks Sentenced. si Darlington. Special.?Sam Marks, the hcgro who killed Mr. Hill Langston by [.nocking him in the head several AV weeks ago aud who has since been f] guarded by the Darlington military q icmpany. was oonvicieu 01 murucr i ?here and sentenced to be banged Nov. I w li. Moses Ham. another negro charged ^ aitb being an accomplice, was given a J life sentence in the penitentiary. tl The I'ire Food Congress continued Q( its meeting in St. Louis. p T Extra Session of Legislature. Montgomery. Special.?Acting Governor Cunningham has declined to call in extra session of the Legislature in esponse to the almost universal de- ..j nand of members of the bar of the ni Jta'.e because of the recent decision of in he Supreme Court declaring the Lusk ^ udkiary bill, involving the entire judi- M iary system of the State, to be uncon- tl ititutional. The action of the Governor uakes it incumbent upon the executive :ommittee to meet and decide who are Democratic nominees. \7 What date is this? asks St. Nicholas. Of course you would say 1904, y but if that is meant to denote the 0] number of years since the Christian g era it is probably wrong. Look in some good authority and see if this jyear should not rightly be at least 120$. It is worth your investigation 3 if it happens to be a subject you have (] uot yet carefully considered. ? THREE ARE KILLED A Sad Railway Accident Occars At: Charlotte, N. C. SWITCH ENGINE HITS A FREIGHT Capt. 'Wise, Switchman Walter Zeig> ler and a Negro Coupler Nam?4 >. tA/-u ,ka UMJmt MCK UVUU?II| IIVIB uiv w .? Charlotte, N. C., Special.?Thre# men, were killed Wednesday night a boot 10 o'clock at the water tanl{ near the Southern Railway crossing at Vance street, in the southeast part of the city, by the crashing of a switch engine into the rear of freight train No. 73, south bound. Conductor Wise^ whose home was in Columbia, 8. C.; Walter Zelgler, a young white man employed as switchman and a negro, named Jack Goodall, a coupler, were the men who met death. The negro died almost instantly, his legs being virtually severed from his body. Capt, Wise lived but a few minutes after ha was taken to the Presbyterian Hospl* Lai, and young Zeigier expired about in hour later there. No one else received any injuries. The freight is always a heavy train md it consisted of about fifteen cars, is generally the case, the freight jpon leaving the Southern yards shorty [y before 10 o'clock, gets up some head* way of its own power, and then ia pushed out of the city with the assist :ance of the switch engine. Thin was lone. The long line of cars attached :o No. 73 had gained some momen-, ^ :um when it neared the water tank, md the switch engine, with the three nen standing on the runnning hoard, it was said, came after it, expecting, o| course, to make its connectten wim be rear of the caboose with ease. Bat something went wrong. Trainmen said that the draw-head of the heavy reight engine blew oat, and snHenly ill the brakes became set and Che Ionf rain virtually came to a standstill, vith the swithch engine bearing dowq raly a short distance away. Them vas not even time for the three men o jump to safety. , The switch engine crashed into thq ' :aboose, crumpled and buckled it and. :rushed the men on the running board, Vs soon as possible, an ambnlaaoe was ;ent from the Presbyterian Hospital, nrst, Capt. "Wise was taken sway, and le managed to live just aboat to get here. Before he was taken away, bys tanders heard him say: "Nov I*H quit he road for good. All my warn hare :ot killed." His Injuries were intertal and he probably bad no Idea that te was hurt so seriously?that be was oon to "quit the road" fbr good, and ill. Through Burning Treefle. Washinton, Special.?A passenger rain on the Augusta Soothers Raiload ran into a burning trestle near litchell, Ga., 59 miles from Augusta, arly Wednesday, and one sna wan ?' illed and eight others injnred. The ixty-foot trestle was entirely destroyed y the fire and the tender, eoeapartlent car and two coaches also were urned. The injured were taken to litchell where physicians were waifcig. All of the baggage end mail was aved. The origin of the Art te onnown. Traffic was resumed by trans wring passengers to otner trans. in* ead man is W. S. Shurley, white, bag' age master, injured internally and led in an hour. The injumt are: J. H. ifrenny, engineer, of Augusta; C. D. avis, conductor, of Tennifle. 9a.; T. Harper, mail clerk, Augnsta; N. S. [evils, fireman, Augusta; C. H. Marks, assenger, Hillsboro, Ga.; Will Jones, alored, passenger, Chalker, Ga.; A. J. iemer, Augusta; G. I. Keliy, s pas* rnger, Mitchell, Ga. Killed' His 8on*fo?nsi Dawson, Ga., Special.?Jesse Waif hot and killed Hill Oxford, his eon-iniw, Wednesday night in Oxford's ard. The coroner'3 jury decided that le killing was unjustifiable and Wall as brought to Dawson is custody of le sheriff. Wall's statement at the lnuest was to the effect that he waa re-imanding Oxford for neglecting his ife, when Oxford cursed him and adanced with an open knife, and that be red to save his own life. A kaffe was iund by Oxford's side, unopened, and lis. with the fact that he was shot in le back and testimony of eye-witfsses, led to the verdict rendered. Both, arties were well-known white men c'-i errell county. Tunneleea Strike Daylight. Kuoxville, Special.?Daylight has rae through the famous Doeset tunel, on the Knoxville, La Fayette It illlco Railroad, and 93 per cent of the leading" has been removed. This tunel has been the great stumbling block t the completion of the new Louisville Nashville line between this city and ?llIco, Tenn. It is now thinght trains in be run through the tunnel not later tan the middle of next January. Mews of the Day. Judge Parker held coBMltatlonr ith Democratic leaders is New York. The Democratic State Ooamittee at rilmington, Del., unanimoesly reacted Hon. Willard Sautsbery chairtan. Hon. Hoke Smith spoke at Charlotte, ortb Caroiina. Secretary of State Hay made an adrests of welcome before the feteraa? onal Peace Congress, which ?et fe. ostoa.